Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तादेव सम्भूत: समसंज्ञां गत: पुन: । तमोरजो भ्यां निर्मुक्त: सत्त्वमास्थाय केवलम्‌,फिर स्वयं भी उसकी समताको प्राप्त होकर अव्यक्तसे ही प्रकट होता है और केवल सत्त्वका आश्रय लेकर तमोगुण एवं रजोगुणके बन्धनसे छुटकारा पा जाता है

Transliteration

avyaktād eva sambhūtaḥ samasaṃjñāṃ gataḥ punaḥ | tamo-rajobhyāṃ nirmuktaḥ sattvam āsthāya kevalam ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “Arising indeed from the Unmanifest (avyakta), it again attains the state of perfect equilibrium. Freed from the twin bonds of darkness (tamas) and agitation (rajas), it abides solely in purity (sattva).”

Word by Word

अव्यक्तात्from the unmanifest

एवindeed/only

सम्भूतःarisen/produced

समसंज्ञाम्the state/condition called 'sama' (equanimity)

गतःhaving gone/attained

पुनःagain

तमःtamas (darkness/inertia)

रजःrajas (activity/passion)

भ्याम्by/from the two (dual instrumental/ablative ending used with the preceding two nouns)

निर्मुक्तःfreed/released

सत्त्वम्sattva (purity/clarity)

आस्थायhaving resorted to/taken refuge in

केवलम्alone/only (purely)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu-deva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is framed as a movement from the unmanifest source into manifest life and then a return to equilibrium, achieved by transcending tamas (inertia/delusion) and rajas (restless desire) and stabilizing in sattva (clarity and harmony).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is explaining a philosophical process: how a principle/being arises from the Unmanifest, regains a balanced state, and becomes free by shedding tamas and rajas and abiding in sattva alone.